Drunk driving suspect hits gravestones, gets arrested twice in a day, Illinois cops say

A drunk driver is accused of running over headstones at a cemetery and hitting another vehicle, Illinois police say.

Then he was arrested again a couple of hours later.

A witness spotted a vehicle plowing over headstones at a cemetery Friday afternoon in Mattoon, a city in central Illinois, police said. The same vehicle ran into another car a short time later and cops arrested the man on a drunken driving charge, according to a news release.

His blood-alcohol concentration was 0.18%, which is more than twice the legal limit, police said.

The man’s vehicle was towed and he was assigned a court date before he was released, police said.

Less than three hours after the first arrest, the man was taken into custody again after witnesses reported a possibly intoxicated driver on the highway, police said. He was driving a different vehicle, and the man’s blood-alcohol concentration was 0.16%, according to the news release.

Glenn A. James, 57, was charged with driving under the influence and taken to Coles County jail, police said.

This story was originally published May 11, 2020 at 1:25 PM with the headline "Drunk driving suspect hits gravestones, gets arrested twice in a day, Illinois cops say."